Audrey Hancock, a 59-year-old Californian, says she won’t buy Waterford Crystal without checking whether the piece of quintessentially Irish glassware was actually made in Ireland. “When you think ...

Waterford crystal, the iconic line of Irish crystal glassware, is aptly named after the area in which it is produced - Co. Waterford, Ireland. But it looks like the product may soon have to be renamed ...

Reporting from Waterford, Ireland — Visitors to this small city on the southern coast of Ireland often arrive by the bus load, stopping at the futuristic black glass and chrome headquarters of ...

If there's a name you think of when you hear the word 'crystal', it's Waterford. Based in the small city in the Republic of Ireland of the same name, this company is known around the globe for its ...

DUBLIN -- Ireland's Waterford Crystal factory is for sale one year after its parent company went bankrupt and sold its brands and many assets to an American private equity firm, the plant's ...

Glass in 18th-century England was a sign of wealth, and windows were taxed so heavily that people bricked them up. In the case of table glasses, the result was more positive. Glasses were taxed by ...

WATERFORD, Ireland — Waterford Crystal is renowned for its sparkle — and lately the city it’s named for lives up to that description. But Waterford, in Ireland’s sunny southeast (sunny being a ...

At different times of the year, Waterford Crystal makes headlines all over the world. Sometimes it is in the sports section — like the presentation of the World Golf Champions crystal trophy at the ...

Waterford Crystal is renowned for its sparkle and lately the city it's named for lives up to that description. But Waterford, in Ireland's sunny southeast (sunny being a relative concept in Ireland), ...

Waterford Crystal workers clashed with security guards and mounted a sit-down protest Friday after bankruptcy officials shut down their world-famous but debt-crippled factory. Union leaders warned ...